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Operation Smile is an international children’s medical charity dedicated to providing free reconstructive surgery for children worldwide who suffer from facial deformities such as cleft lips and cleft palates. Every three minutes, a child is born with a cleft. Operation Smile is dedicated to building sustainability in its more than 60 partner countries, to treat more children who desperately need our help.

During the Student Leaders Conference, students were engaged in Operation Smile service projects where they decorated over 200 t-shirts and 300 Smile Bags for children with clefts who will be treated during Operation Smile’s upcoming medical missions. They also created cards and signs that can be used in hospitals to create a warm and inviting atmosphere for the children receiving these surgeries.